1944_Fairfield-Suisun_Army_Air_Base_Skymasters_football_team

1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football
1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–7
Head coach	John Giannoni;
Home stadium	Corbus Field
	Seasons ← 1943 1945 →

1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football team

American college football season

The 1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football team was an American football team that represented the Air Transport Command at Suisun-Fairfield Air Base (now Travis Air Force Base), located near Fairfield, California, during the 1944 college football season.^[1] The team compiled a 1–7 record. John Giannoni, who played in the NFL for the Cleveland Rams in 1938, was the team's coach and also played for the team.^[2] The Skymasters played home games at Corbus Field in Vallejo, California.

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In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Fairfield-Suisun AAB ranked 176th among the nation's college and service teams and 37th out of 63 United States Army teams with a rating of 52.5.^[3]^[4]

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"Skymasters Hopes High". San Francisco Examiner. November 12, 1944. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Giannoni to Play Bengals Friday Night". Lodi News-Sentinel. September 13, 1944. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.

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Litkenhous, E. E. (December 10, 1944). "Big Ten Circuit Repeats As King of College Leagues". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City Utah. p. 8B. Retrieved April 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1944). "Army, Randolph Field One-Two in Final Litkenhouse Ratings". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 4, section 2. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Pacific Trounces Skymasters, 25-0, On Stockton Grid". The Sacramento Bee. September 16, 1944. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Flying Marines Spank Army Eleven, 56 to 0". Los Angeles Times. October 1, 1944. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Fairfield-Suisun Eleven Will Meet Marines". The Sacramento Bee. October 13, 1944. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Marines Nose Out Skymasters, 14-12". Herald and News. October 16, 1944. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

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Paul Haines (October 18, 1944). "From Midfield". Herald and News. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Pilots Bomb Rivals, 40-6". San Francisco Examiner. October 23, 1944. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Tonopah AAF Wins Third Straight". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 31, 1944. p. 12. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Skymasters Will Throw Three Formations At Tonopah Squad; Optimistic Over Today's Game". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 5, 1944. p. S1. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Skymasters Lose To Tonopah, 9-0". San Francisco Examiner. November 7, 1944. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Tonopah Grabs 9-0 Victory From Suisan". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. November 7, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved April 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Leatherneck Return Tilt Cancelled". Herald and News. November 13, 1944. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.(game cancelled due to a takeoff accident in which the plane the Skymasters were scheduled to fly in had a wing sheared off)

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"Skymasters in Form for Big Local Battle". Appeal-Democrat. Marysville, California. November 18, 1944. p. 7. Retrieved April 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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"Beale Bears Take Narrow 12 to 0 Win Over Suisun Fliers in Saturday Night Game". Appeal-Democrat. November 20, 1944. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15		at Pacific (CA)	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	L 0–25		^[5]
September 30		at El Toro Marines	Municipal Bowl Santa Ana, CA	L 0–56		^[6]
October 7		Camp Parks Seabees	Corbus Field Vallejo, CA	W 13–0		^[7]
October 14		Klammath Falls Marine Barracks	Corbus Field Vallejo, CA	L 12–14		^[8]^[9]
October 22		San Francisco Coast Guard	Corbus Field Vallejo, CA	L 6–40	4,000	^[10]
October 30		Tonopah AAF	Corbus Field Vallejo, CA	L 7–20		^[11]
November 5		at Tonopah AAF	Sagebrush Bowl Nye County, NV	L 0–9	2,000	^[12]^[13]^[14]
November 12		at Klamath Falls Marine Barracks	Modoc Field Klamath Falls, OR	Cancelled due to takeoff accident		^[15]
November 18	8:00 p.m.	at Camp Beale	Knight Field Marysville, CA	L 0–12		^[16]^[17]
All times are in Pacific time

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1944 Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base Skymasters football team

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v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 3 Randolph Field		–		11	–	0	–	0
No. 5 Bainbridge		–		10	–	0	–	0
No. 18 Fort Pierce		–		9	–	0	–	0
No. 13 Norman NAS		–		6	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Iowa Pre-Flight		–		10	–	1	–	0
No. 16 El Toro Marines		–		8	–	1	–	0
Hondo AAF		–		7	–	1	–	0
Bunker Hill NAS		–		6	–	1	–	0
Lincoln AAF		–		6	–	1	–	0
Blackland AAF		–		7	–	1	–	1
Keesler Field		–		8	–	1	–	2
No. 17 Great Lakes Navy		–		9	–	2	–	1
No. 10 March Field		–		7	–	2	–	2
Third Air Force		–		8	–	3	–	0
North Carolina Pre-Flight		–		6	–	2	–	1
Atlantic City NAS		–		5	–	2	–	0
Camp Peary		–		5	–	2	–	0
Tonopah AAF		–		5	–	2	–	0
Daniel Field		–		7	–	3	–	0
No. 20 Second Air Force		–		10	–	4	–	1
San Francisco Coast Guard		–		4	–	2	–	1
Ellington Field		–		6	–	3	–	2
Amarillo AAF		–		5	–	3	–	0
Alameda Coast Guard		–		4	–	2	–	2
Coronado Amphibious		–		2	–	1	–	1
Olathe NAS		–		4	–	2	–	2
Selman Field		–		4	–	2	–	2
Galveston AAF		–		5	–	3	–	2
Fleet City		–		6	–	4	–	1
Jacksonville NAS		–		4	–	3	–	0
San Diego NTS		–		4	–	3	–	1
Camp Beale		–		5	–	4	–	0
Lubbock AAF		–		5	–	4	–	0
Fort Warren		–		5	–	4	–	1
Fort Monroe		–		5	–	5	–	0
Klamath Falls Marines		–		2	–	2	–	1
Maxwell Field		–		5	–	5	–	0
Minter Field		–		3	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Saint Mary's Pre-Flight		–		4	–	4	–	0
Fourth Infantry		–		3	–	4	–	2
Georgia Pre-Flight		–		4	–	5	–	0
Third Infantry		–		4	–	5	–	0
Bergstrom Field		–		3	–	4	–	0
Ottumwa NAS		–		3	–	4	–	0
Camp Lee		–		3	–	5	–	0
Cherry Point Marines		–		3	–	6	–	0
Chatham Field		–		2	–	8	–	1
Sampton NTS		–		2	–	7	–	0
Miami NTC		–		2	–	8	–	0
Bryan AAF		–		1	–	7	–	0
Fairfield-Suisun AAB		–		1	–	7	–	0
Richmond AAB		–		0	–	10	–	1
Camp Ellis		–		0	–	5	–	0
South Plains AAF		–		0	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll